Manager, Financial Crime, Risk

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We are currently seeking an ambitious individual to join this team in the role of Manager, Financial Crime, Risk & Compliance.

Role Profile

Manager, Financial Crime is the accountable executive responsible for ensuring that HSBC's operations in Bangladesh are effective in identifying, managing and mitigating Financial Crime risks and ensure timely advice is provided to the Business and Functions being the lead Subject Matter Expert.

In this role, you will:

• Acting as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) and Financial Crime (FC) Policy Steward for Sanctions, Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Ant-Bribery & Corruption, Tax Evasion and Fraud Risk for HSBC Bangladesh. 
• Ensure the embedment of and continuous oversight of the FC policy and framework for Corporate & Institutional Banking (CIB), Functions, DBS etc.
• Actively monitor developments across the local and international regulatory landscape including FATF, OFAC, UN, HKMA, FCA guidance and discourses, assess relevance/need for action and engage stakeholders as necessary.
• Provide compliance support, advice and guidance while maintaining an effective control framework and to ensure compliance with all relevant external laws & regulations, internal codes and policies and good market practices.
• Collaborate with businesses/functions to understand compliance/regulatory pain points and work together with stakeholders (including regulators and internal policy owners) to enable a fully compliant, yet reasonable operating environment.
• Manage the relationship with relevant regulators on behalf of HSBC Bangladesh, serving as regulatory coordinators for assigned regulations and provide timely and competent advisory to relevant business / product units and functions to ensure demonstrable compliance. Where required, interact with the regulators and industry bodies in Bangladesh, on regulatory matters relating to the business / compliance.
• Responsible for second line governance of Financial Crime risks exposures, providing analysis, reporting and assessment that is independent of the first line of defence, thereby maintaining an objective assessment of risk exposure and challenging 1LoD risk assessment where appropriate.
• Exercise risk steward challenge, act as independent trusted advisory in governance forums, issue management, fostering a compliance culture and optimizing relations with risk owners and control owners.
   

To be successful in this role, you should meet the following requirements:

• Graduation from a reputed university preferably from business background.
• Extensive experience in financial crime risk related roles will be given preference.
• Robust knowledge of AML, CTF, AB&C, Fraud risk, Tax Evasion and Sanctions, and application to relevant lines of business.
• Proven ability to manage multiple issues and priorities and demonstrated judgment and poise in challenging circumstances.
• Strong attention to detail and well-organised; ability to prioritise, multi-task and work well under pressure.
• Ability to think strategically and have vision while also focusing on the details and execution.
• Ability to analyse information and identify potential areas of concern that are fact based. 

Internal candidates having less than 12 months' service in their current role, requires line manager's prior approval to apply.

You'll achieve more at HSBC.
 

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